Apple's Bigger iPhone Better Late Than Never

1/24/2014 12:06AM

Apple has resisted the trend to launch a bigger iPhone despite Samsung's success with larger smartphones. But as the WSJ's Yun-Hee Kim tells us, more competition in the smartphone space means Apple's going for big.

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